good news. syria's opposition coalition says yes to attending next week's peace talks in switzerland but can't confirm which the delegates will be there this image further doubt over a chemical attack in damascus last year. these rockets that have never been fired from government controlled territory. experts from mit going to question us claims that aside forces were behind an assault. officials from moscow to visit the onetime of a detention center at me with a russian man has been incarcerated there without charge for almost twelve years

president obama says his much anticipated plans were for me an essay or a step in the right direction. critics dismissed the proposals is pr stunts that lead to many unanswered questions. much of the agency's operations on touch. i am. i'm in moscow i'm at the cricket at you with us. our top story this hour after weeks of dispute and indecision the opposition syrian national coalitions finally decided to attend next week's peace negotiations in geneva but it's still unclear exactly which members of a factor group will take part in talks aimed at ending serious bloody soba war. our cheese maria i reports from new york. amid mounting international pressure serious opposition had decided to take part in next week's geneva to peace talks

the group which bases its own internal divisions i announced its decision saturday following a meeting in the sample without parts of the syrian opposition were previously critical of taking part in peace negotiations that could help. syrian president bashir al assad they say stay in power the syrian national council and main opposition bloc even threatened to pull out of the coalition in the general assembly voted in favor of attending the geneva to. it seems though however that on mounting pressure from the us and western countries. cause confessions to be me the conference out will be held under the auspices of the un and its co sponsored by russia and the us is scheduled to begin on tuesday january twenty seconds. it is aimed at finding a way to install a transitional government that will subsequently keep the weight for height to admitting that nearly three year old civil war which has reportedly claimed the lives of some one hundred and thirty thousand

people. and with one opposition group now ready to join the talks it's still not clear if any of the others will follow suit. a recent british defence study has found that nearly half of those fighting against the assad government are the his or her line is the max let's take a look at what it says one hundred thousand a rebel fighters in the country or split into many different factions these including up idling groups with about ten thousand it's more than thirty thousand hardline radicals. their focus on the war in syria iran or that of global struggle for islam is domination. it is or unfair to the opposition could be considered more moderate islam its middle east expert charmaine are whiny says that even if the talks the successful though the problem of how to deal with the the spiders remains. there is many different factions of the opposition you have good domestic on peaceful opposition and the npc nom bad that i think is the most likely to be able to strike anytime you feel inferior

when they rejected the time because of the kinds of other kinds of opposition but that might participate. um and then you have this externally the facts of opposition it the syrian of the coalition. these are the ones who have accepted the talks are at least some of the body have had successes but they're not in any condition to negotiate a solution on behalf of searing people there are some dangers in these times and even if you had a legitimate opposition sitting across the syrian government and negotiating on that doesn't account for the many malays cents on the ground who are not controlled by any foreign government or any domestic constituency. we're gonna have to put a stop to those kind of non military cavities us conclusion of a chemical attack in damascus in august was carried out by the government has been challenged by a team of respected experts. washington blamed president assad for the attack but a new report from the massachusetts in jersey institute of technology from iraq it could be fired from government

controlled areas. we went through oven to three months worth of study to determine that the types of rockets others the way to the size of the propellant. and we determined that the range is on the alert two km i like to make a note that the un also i come up with a range of approximate two km so this is very confusing to us in our studies and what we're trying to understand exactly what the white house met means because right now as it stands. these rockets could have never been fired from government controlled territory. there would be far more from other rebel type of territory or a border of the contested territory. so it seems something in the official us conclusions doesn't add up our keys i cherish as he took a closer look at the mit study. this latest report is trying to answer one question whether ms house getting sadder and

gasoline oldest and the twenty thirteen where refinance from the parts of the mast is controlled by in the syrian government now we reproduced exactly the same map which the u s intelligence on you when they voice their concerns that the attack was carried out by the syrian government and this is the part of damascus controlled by the syrian government at that time in almost twenty thirteen. this is the part controlled by the oppositions those blinking yellow spots they mark the places where the attack happened in particular this at a western most point of golf balls attacks aware of the biggest number of casualties happened and this red line here. it shows where the missiles could have gone if they were fired from the guy from the governmental territories in damascus the maximum range or those in the south is to get on with the smell of this piece in the most points off the beam of the attack is about four km from the eastern most point of the government open toward the ditch digger is

controlled by the government that if we talk about the heart of the top the territory controlled by the government does something with which the specified by us. they said to john kerry that's where the raucous will fly from. this is about ninety along with this from the va this point here. this report basically does not lay blame on any side and does not say whether there were those with the rebels cork from these attacks using chemicals but what it does though it's a series without a doubt that the quality of intelligence and asked why the us authorities he was what seems to be incomplete or even flawed intelligence data to the voice their concerns and if we remember what us state secretary john kerry sat back then the claims were quite solid high confidence. this is common sense. this is evidence. these are facts also of this report speculates that one point that it could've been the strong data could be you was in a similar fashion as to be a talk on iraq one that role information was used as

a pretext to launch a military operation. official washington hasn't yet responded to this latest report by the mit researchers as i am afraid is in syria the country is turning into a major drug producer with both rebels and arms reportedly taking that it means to keep up their energy and state going during battles are poured on that stuff down but first the ten years of intense officials from moscow finally got access to the only russian nationals still tell that guantanamo bay. a delegatvoy met with the detainee is being held at the prison despite never having been charred efforts to secure his release were a priority and a visit along with ensuring this human rights were being respected consultations were held with the pentagon as well one time officials in the group is also given a limited tour of the facility. earlier my colleague kevin allen spoke with the head of russia's delegation constantine google this is google him at

the russian national held in guantanamo would have to say about his ordeal. it was the first the meeting with him. we have been trying to organize a meeting for quite some time for several years the heat of the full dose of bo. the question though. wolf very serious incidents which happened. we were some of the detainees people whom he personally know did he give you anything. he himself with us the last two months. will be the euro's the old methods which was compatible with the international norms and regulations. jessica told fr abt it. while it's a is available save this man has been on the dresser for almost twelve years so it's difficult to expect that the suddenly she stopped speaking completely free of the two most important probably the element of a

visit. was going to be the message to the medical representatives with medical science. we insist. best dress. the old bailey to the live concerts the problem taken care off this is the head the principal the visual flair will be russian government. the video showed a russian citizen abroad. an official statement after the visit although also said guantanamo falls below basic international standards that's the that's backed by human rights group says the thirty three detainees are now on hunger strike but that number doubling in the last month. now the thames military authorities are refusing to release any new figures into the matter. sorry said the release of information on hunger strikers detracts from the more important issues but the welfare of the seniors in the safety of troops. clive stafford smith is a good attorney for several gitmo detainees who says he's witnessed some of the tactics used by the military the prisoner. since his

release. you can use on hunger strike an automatic ticket comes with no discount so i can find it. it really has been domestic use and place no prisoners are held and will steal so. the most basic human rights to this is going on strike. it's very much in action. unfortunately that is the current use of force feeding techniques casting aside the question of whether it's ethical core status role in a row medical association says that now unfortunately the techniques they use them in primetime on scripture is this. surfers are going to witness some of those that you still need to stop prisoners noses it is still crawling has cheated on

every single time twice a day course and back up each time still forcing us to know you can quickly into prison and a few christmas. if you say it is carry on doing it really is her investments hold it down leaving latvia baltic nation wide. thousands of skilled bills had three eggs it was a eurozone little was driving them away after this short break the eye. i know ay ay ay ay. the lunatics daily travels with the plane police in greece. julie james. the mental and peek around. and beyond. the quad

the aisle. twenty. really though so we lead. see bush's security. your party. years ago. it seems that no one is asking with the guests that you deserve answers from it's all on politics. only on rte . it was the bus fourteen minutes past the hour. washington it will dismantle its global spying apparatus. the announcement of a major overall the national security agency one by president obama failed to provide any details on when the collection of data will be stopped or whether it will be stocked at all critics say the plan for d performances to face left

parties' at sam's tax explains. after nearly seven months of nsa disclosures present obama finally came forward with reforms to the spy agency. acknowledging that the current capabilities of the essay. do leave open the possibility of abuse give them a unique power of the state. it is not enough for readers to say trust us we want to use the data we collect. for history as too many examples when that trust has been breached. for such a system of government is built on the premise that our liberty cannot depend on the good intentions of bowls and top the president's address the nsa is most controversial program section to fifteen ball telephone mehta data collection basically the president no longer wants the government to be in control of these massive matter that a database but that doesn't mean the president wants to get rid of all election. in fact the ball collection of virtually every american submitted data will continue indefinitely. in the new restrictions announced by the president were pouring the nsa to obtain fi support approval before searching all that madonna doesn't satisfy

privacy advocates who argue that buys a court has acted and will continue to act as a rubber stamp nothing in obama's speech. twenty twenty have drained and has collected all the props and yesterday there was and the revelation of october th fighter program in its fighter program was collecting objects cost literally hundreds of thousands of text calls every day are going into the nsa is allowed him to die to kenny cooper regarding spying on foreign leaders the president said he's put an end to surveillance on friends and allies did not say the nsa will stop spying on diplomats nothing about the nsa bridging encryption standard supports that the nsa has been breaking into the data links on google and yahoo servers. well some specific reforms were introduced. how exactly they will be implemented moving forward remains to be seen especially since the state government agencies that have overseen a massive growth of the surveillance state another one's past. with a

rain event in washington this is sam sucks. art is. obama speech any nsa was no criticism in some of the country's spied upon germany's justice minister said a written agreement is necessary to stop it. he was supported by a brazilian lawmaker who thinks the us is of respect for international partners when european and teachings washington is paying lip service to make everybody feel better earlier activist and blogger david swanson told us what he is among those left unsatisfied by president obama suppress. i wouldn't call it a reform i would call it the ongoing normalization of the outrageous policy of violating the fourth amendment on an enormous scale. we are learning more as the entry week goes by and about what they're collecting in terms of text messages and e mails sent and mitigate that. and to gets its voluminous and the president says is not in that meeting that anything has been done wrong. it is not proposing to

stop doing it is not suggesting we restore the fourth amendments to the constitution. he's suggesting that this will continue and it will be reformed. perhaps in part someday. but he claims it's been a great step forward. i don't see it. think twice next time you decide to like somebody on facebook especially when someone is your former partner wants nothing to do with the one put forget you are rested find out more on this story online class. so think about buying a ticket for the sochi winter games whatever dorky dot coms in motion second for a bird's eye view of the city to help you make up your mind a. what can be. though. your

aunties today. however research i am. both sides of the serious civil war turning to drugs both as a source of funding and staying power in babel. according to recent media investigation the soaring export of illegal amphetamines has turned syria into a major drug up our keys maria commotion reports. i'm not entering a fold the bus taking you want to let them go instructor has amount of guangdong industry to flourish the country has become the number one could use the old and rundown and kept a gaunt face as if in fact take stimulants was the first manifested in the nineteen sixties and was at that time used as a medicine to treat hyperactivity and depression but it still addicted and his

wife was banned in many countries. here in the middle east in some wrinkle pilates tape and it isn't that the defense here and not only produces more than any other country in the region but it also kept those maintenance you may think that funds raised on taking these pills have to maintain vigorous an ageing novels are in and feed our souls because it helps you keep awake and four hours and hours but there are also reports that ordinary citizens. now that is to be leaving in depression and indians wore in high use for almost three years now rolls that had been to the draw for the skate with euphoria. it seems that at its lucrative expecting fifteen and twenty dollars the appeal and iraq hundreds of may mins of them being taking bowler track pants and evidence that they are the revenue raised to find weapons from both sides of this year in conflict the un office on drugs and

crime. then it has been reporting that syria which is located at the crossroads here in the region has of pool time being a transit point for the drama going from the euro that auntie ann and i don't but since the mall began a cap guns trades gone backstage and in factories are appealing the same school across the way and production has increased and sales and gloomy. he added that but only a foretaste is around two hundred million dollars worth of tablets lusty at most in henan and tracks killing through. they say when lebanese border from today the fourth away the key to its final destination included the gulf countries some open a stall and supporters of the syrian opposition and saudi arabia where the ground via dollars worth of drugs act was seized his last deal with authorities saying this is nothing that is ten percent

of the real total for all that drop into the kingdom russia's national counter terror committee says seven militants were killed most of the republic of dagestan security forces have been trying to negotiate with the group were holed up in the house open fire is believed that among those dead were responsible for friday's grenade attack on restaurant was followed by a car bomb and injured at least sixteen people. another was a leader of a local gang in the third was a friend of a female suicide bomber who carry out the terror attack on the boston boulder dr last october. the woman is also said to be very first suicide bombing and was wanted by russian forces. between us was stories making headlines across the globe. riot police fired water cannons and scuffle with protesters in a scandal. demonstrators flooded the streets to express discontent discontent at the new draft bill that would restrict internet access. the governor wants to keep records of online activity and fan sites for alleged violations of privacy without the knights need for a court order. it has internet service providers will be required to join in

any internet union under central control. day of bloodshed in iraq has at least thirty dead in militant violence seventeen died more than seventy were injured in multiple bombings that rocked baghdad. west of the city a jail was seized by gunmen leading to the escape of dozens of prisoners. this after six were killed in a suicide blast in shelling in the restive anbar province outside the capital. in ukraine's capital kiev clashes erupted between pro and anti government activists violent struggle when government supporters tried to push back protesters were blocking one of the city's main streets. this just days after president chemical that sign is the law a bill banning similar rallies demonstrations and gripped the capital from nearly two months after the rejection of a trade agreement with you what he may be europe's fastest growing economy with its also the news youngest and chorus member and even called sharp bends on the road to prosperity have proven too much for thousands of professionals who are

leaving the country. our teaser hall scott met one who says the government negligence is to blame so today is one of thousands of workers to leave at the dca these destination is perhaps surprising to be leaving the eu states. one in azerbaijan. this is new to the slow slower life is always hard but in this country it's harder as the government is much more concerned by politics than economics and the life of the common man. surgery isn't the only one twelve times is that these population is shrinking by over sixty thousand people behind me. i feel i'm not alone governments are squeezing every bite me or wanting more and more from us for less money. between two thousand and nine in two thousand and twelve. these population fell by around ten percent in the country of eighty two million people. this decline in shock and felt especially since they believe in a mostly of working a hitch

the major workforce mails from twenty to forty going fine job federal amendment that families are the sleeves just older people. this demographic shift places significant economic challenges. the government says he's keen to try and tackle. there is a government program to return people to latvia but it doesn't work the tree for people to return to the stillman woeful them. p anyway and it is to create new tools and a suitable atmosphere for investment. but it isn't happening. an over the next twenty years the population will decrease another. so's leaders desperate trying to embrace the warring trend the message from at least one of the items we buy time for back to life elsewhere the simple. to soil this year the government has to stop its aggressive social policies in lower taxes so that you live do not seem pleased by what the use of force goes policy idea. ex parte international highlights of the olympic torch are new so she and for those watching this in the uk

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exactly memorizing amendments and founding fathers quotes here in america their debates between liberals and conservatives are almost everyone believes the constitution and it is america's greatest strength there is a national idea there is a secret document with a list of rules is almost universe agree upon everyone with half a brain on the street. so the non congress knows when something is against the constitution or should i say against america. near universal belief the constitution is actually something truly exceptional about american fascist my painting. i am

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